Berwick & Merton Cemeteries

The following Victorian cemeteries have recently been added to this project to photograph memorials.
Berwick Cemetery and Merton Cemetery index. Photographs of memorials available by email.
Berwick Cemetery

Inveraray Jail, Argyll Scotland

Inveraray Jail and County Court
Select the tab jail's history to find the index to the prison records. Includes details of the crimes committed by 4,345 prisoners including those who were transported to Australia. The records range from 1820 to 1889. Inveraray Jail

Lincolnshire History

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Search for parish records, maps, probate records and regimental rolls. Purchase images of historical records online.
Lincolnshire Convicts Transported
Nearly 2000 convicts were transported from Lincolnshire between 1788 to 1868. The database includes name, alias, age, date and place of trial, crime, sentence, date of transportation and ship.
Also includes a database listing the names of victims. lincolnshire convicts transported

Australian Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates

I recently came across this new website which is collecting birth, death & marriage certificates and transcriptions. You can search a pdf document to locate an entry and contact the owner via email for a transcription of the record. The details are FREE. This site compliments a number of websites offering to share details from unwanted certificates or certificates that have been purchased in error. Australian Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates

FamilySearch.org

The new FamilySearch.org website has lots of new material including images of original documents. Recently the (IGI) International Genealogical Index was added and this FREE website continues to bring many surprises. For those of you who have Australian interests see the latest additions for Queensland and Tasmania FANTASTIC STUFF!
If you are having trouble navigating this new site and want to search for the (IGI) International Genealogical Index follow the below steps.

1. Click on 'All Record Collections'
2. In the search box type 'international' and a link to the IGI will appear
OR under 'Collections'
select 'other' from the table
scroll down the alphabetical list to I for International to find the IGI.
Don't forget to check out  the heading 'Availability' (at the bottom of the page)  click on the box to view only collections with images
A large amount of records have been digitised and you can see images of the original documents.
familysearch.org/search/collection/

Scottish Wills & Testaments

Recent changes to the  ScotlandsPeople website has made it easier to view and download Wills and Testaments 1513-1901. The changes have also brought about a change in the payment method. Images of the Wills and Testaments can now be viewed using ScotlandsPeople credits. The price has also been reduced from £5 to the introductory price of 10 credits. In the near future the wills database will be expanded and you will be able to purchase Wills and Testaments from 1902 to 1925. Read full article Scotlandspeople.gov.uk

GenealogyInTime

Some interesting articles can be found in GenealogyInTime Magazine. GenealogyInTime is a free online family history magazine. An article titled top trends in genealogy includes a list of the top 100 most popular family history websites. Also an interesting article on tips to create and maintain an interesting family history Blog. If you are interested in storing information 'in the Cloud' Google has launched a service called Google Drive and is similar to Dropbox read more...
GenealogyInTime Magazine